Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Santa Clara County Bans Dispensaries It Doesn't Have

Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:46 AM

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors temporarily banned medical cannabis dispensaries from operating in the unincorporated area of the massive South Bay county, as a prelude to a total and permanent ban, reports state.

County officials said the moratorium came in response to the City of San Jose’s new de facto ban posing as regulations. Santa Clara County feared San Jose’s regulations would push dispensary operators into unincorporated areas. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will consider a total ban by August 5.

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Medical cannabis dispensaries (shown above) now banned in Santa Clara County and de facto banned in San Jose.

The board cited anecdotal reports that teens can get pot in San Jose. National statistics show teen pot use is flat despite years of medical marijuana availability.

“In 2013, 23.4 percent of American high-school-aged teens used marijuana one or more times in the 30 days before the survey, the data show. That's nearly even with 23.1 percent in 2011.”

What’s not in reports is Santa Clara County is the headquarters of California’s drug war contingent. It houses the office of the California Narcotic Officers Association, a group that denies there is any such thing at medical marijuana and lobbies to continue persecuting pot patients.